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The Prime Minister will not get the deal she is hoping forCredit:
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Eurosceptics haven’t yet woken up to the true implications of Mrs May’s compromise

Perhaps for the first time in her life, Theresa May is doing the hard sell. She is holding conference calls. She is forcing senior Tories to offer endorsements. She is writing letters, all in aid of selling the Chequers deal to Conservative Party members.

Her letter, sent to all members this week, outlines eight bullet points that Chequers would achieve for Britain. Unfortunately for the Prime Minister, she will have to give up on at least three of them (on the European Court of Justice, budget payments and trade deals) in order to have any hope of striking a deal with the EU. And that is a best-case scenario....